Scriptnotes Podcast

377 - The Second Draft

John is joined by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (The Invitation, Ride Along, the upcoming Destroyer) to talk about the second draft, offering some practical tips for the first big rewrite. We also answer listener questions about getting scripts to actors, how to label characters with job titles, and the cooler way to describe a montage. We’re also still trying to make “re-quel” happen. Links: <a href="https://go.wgfoundation.org/campaigns/8810-the-scriptnotes-holiday-live-show"> Tickets</a> are on sale for the Holiday Live Show! Thanks for joining us, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006534/?ref_=tt_ov_wr">Phil Hay</a> and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542062/">Matt Manfredi</a>. <a href="http://johnaugust.com/2016/the-invitation-and-requels">Episode 244: The Invitation, and Requels</a> <a href="https://johnaugust.com/Assets/2016_commercials_ex_e_audition_form_0.pdf"> Commercial actors can get paid for excessive auditioning</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHaLUoiWZU">Destroyer</a> is in US theaters December 25, 2018 <a href="https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja">@PitchingNinja</a> <a href="http://www.backwardsbeekeepers.com/">Backwards Beekeepers</a>, and having a 6 foot charging cable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_News">Great News</a>, created by Tracey Wigfield T-shirts are available <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/people/john-august-1">here</a>! We’ve got new designs, including <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/colored-revisions">Colored Revisions</a>, <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/karateka">Karateka</a>, and <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/highland2">Highland2</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">John August</a> on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin">Craig Mazin</a> on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Phillycarly">Phil Hay</a> on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/MattrManfredi">Matt Manfredi</a> on Twitter <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">John on Instagram</a> <a href="http://scriptnotes.net/">Find past episodes</a> <a href="https://store.johnaugust.com/">Scriptnotes Digital Seasons</a> are also now available! <a href="http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Luke Davis (<a href="http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>) Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_377.mp3">here</a>.

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.